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Removal of a Growth in the Skull Bone

Florida rates for HCPCS 61500

Removes a piece of skull bone containing a tumor or other abnormal growth, together with a margin of healthy bone around it. The scalp is opened, the affected bone is cut out, and the resulting gap may be repaired at the same time or at a later operation. It treats growths arising in the bone itself rather than in the brain beneath it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of a Growth in the Skull Bone cost?

$9,120

Typical facility fee. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,120 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,311 to $13,183.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $21,878
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,120

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,489.63
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$10,000.00
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$33,884.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$19,054.61

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 21.4 times more in Maine than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Florida· 10th of 50

$9,120

ME $26,915ND $1,259

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.